I'm only learning chef now and find it hard to develop and debug my recipe errors.
All I can see are verbose stack traces but it's usually quite hard to dig the real error from the traces. The example below does not, as far as I can tell hint any specific error in my code (and there are obviously errors...) so I'm left with g-old trial and error.
I was wondering what's the best approach to advance faster while leaning developing. I've made myself familiar with chef's basics and ran a few tutorials but when writing my own first recipe I'm having hard time bootstrapping.
The error below indicates some sort of bash error in a recipe although I'm not sure exactly what. I suppose the following code uses the wrong syntax but the real question isn't about the syntax it's about finding an effective way to write-compile-test.
17 bash "install_app" do
18 user "root"
19 code <<-EOH
20 mkdir -p #{node[:wars]}
21 cp #{node[:war_src]} #{node[:war_dest]}
22 EOH
23 end
imageserver]# chef-solo -c ~/solo.rb -j ~/node.json
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[imageserver]"] from JSON
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.8)
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] ERROR: bash[install_app] (/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks/imageserver/recipes/default.rb:17:in `from_file') had an error:
"bash" "/tmp/chef-script.17504.0" returned 1, expected 0
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:184:in `handle_command_failures'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:131:in `run_command'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:49:in `action_run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/script.rb:33:in `action_run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `send'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `run_action'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:109:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `each'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:82:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:304:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:87:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:191:in `run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:181:in `loop'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:181:in `run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/chef-solo:25
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:52:06 +0200] ERROR: Re-raising exception: Chef::Exceptions::Exec - "bash" "/tmp/chef-script.17504.0" returned 1, expected 0
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:184:in `handle_command_failures'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:131:in `run_command'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:49:in `action_run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/script.rb:33:in `action_run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `send'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `run_action'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:109:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `each'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:82:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:304:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:87:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:191:in `run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:181:in `loop'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/solo.rb:181:in `run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/chef-solo:25
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:19
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:184:in `handle_command_failures': "bash" "/tmp/chef-script.17504.0" returned 1, expected 0 (Chef::Exceptions::Exec)
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:131:in `run_command'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:49:in `action_run'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/script.rb:33:in `action_run'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `send'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:51:in `run_action'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:109:in `converge'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `each'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/runner.rb:108:in `converge'
... 13 levels...
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/chef-solo:25
from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19
thanks
--
/Ran